There had to be a reason why they were not going to marry. They had both been so adamant about it. What the devil was the reason?

Sometimes children do not realize by how fragile a thread their security hangs. Perhaps it is as well they do not - most of them grow up before the thread can be broken.

The real meaning of things lies deep down and the real meaning of things is always beautiful because it is simply love.

There is no happily-ever-after to run to. We have to work for happiness.

It was strange how the heart clung to hope even when there was no reasonable basis for it, Morgan found. And how life went on.

But the things is, you see, that two people can never actually become one no matter how close they are. And it would not be desirable even if it were possible. What would happen when one of them died? It would leave the other as a half a person, and that would be a dreadful thing. We must each be a whole person and therefore we each need some privacy to be alone with ourselves and our own feelings.

My happiness has to come from within myself or it is too fragile a thing to be of any use to me and too much of a burden to benefit any of my loved ones.